Mine detail: Tabb Group Fluorspar Mines

Previously called 'Senator - Schwenck Area East TabbWest Tabb'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.1834, -88.00002

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1903

Geology

Host rock:	Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., Shale, S.S
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Mafic Dikes, Sills And Breccias
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	New Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament.

References

MRDS	W006907
DEP	10069395
Reference	{Deposit:: KLEPSER, H.J., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, PART 3, SENATOR-SCHWENCK AREA, TABB FAULT SYSTEM, CALDWELL COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1012F, P. 115-127.}{Deposit:: TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 58-76}{Deposit:: WELLER, S. AND SUTTON, A.H., 1951, GEOLOGIC MAP OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2.}{Deposit:: 1921 GEOLMAP WELLER, S.}{Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP SUTTON, A.H.}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP ROGERS, W. B., HAYS, W. H.}{Production:: KLEPSER, H.J., 1954, USGS BULL. 1012F, P. 115-127.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.